Trial Practice category: 67 books
On the Jury Trial
Principles and Practices for Effective Advocacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Two outstanding Texas trial lawyers—one of whom is now an equally respected district judge—have written On the Jury Trial, a “must have” reference for any trial lawyer aspiring to excellence or seeking to maintain it. Thomas M. Melsheimer and Judge Craig Smith have crafted a narrative-driven...
by Russ Mead
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
This is a new generation of a trial advocacy course book. It is combination text book, and exercise book. The format is an e-book that is available in several popular formats to allow reading on a wide variety of devices. Animal Law is one of the fastest growing fields of law, from law schools to...
by Stewart Del Edelstein ED
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
How to Succeed as a Trial Lawyer, Second Edition is a compendium of essentially every aspect of the civil litigation process and then some, told with humor and erudition. This book does not purport to be an academic treatment of the subject. Instead, it provides practical pointers on everything from...
The Big Trial
Law as Public Spectacle
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
The trial of O. J. Simpson was a sensation, avidly followed by millions of people, but it was also, in a sense, nothing new. One hundred years earlier the Lizzie Borden trial had held the nation in thrall. The names (and the crimes) may change, but the appeal is enduring—and why this is, how it...
The Sky's The Limit
People v. Newton, The REAL Trial of the 20th Century?
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
A legal scholar offers the general public a fast-paced tour of the American 20th century that began and ended with acts of terrorism and periodically erupted in-between with forceful protest movements and no-holds-barred efforts to suppress changes in the power structure—all seen through the prism...
Nothing but the Truth
Why Trial Lawyers Don't, Can't, and Shouldn't Have to Tell the Whole Truth
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Lubet's Nothing But The Truth presents a novel and engaging analysis of the role of storytelling in trial advocacy. The best lawyers are storytellers, he explains, who take the raw and disjointed observations of witnesses and transform them into coherent and persuasive narratives.
Critics of the adversary...
by James W. McElhaney
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
In this volume, a collection of his ABA Journal litigation column published between 1994 and 2011, Jim McElhaney provides comprehensive advice on how to avoid the snares, traps, and pitfalls that challenge every trial lawyer, veterans and novices alike.
In the tradition of the first volume...
Trials Without Truth
Why Our System of Criminal Trials Has Become an Expensive Failure and What We Need to Do to Rebuild It
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
Reginald Denny. O. J. Simpson. Colin Ferguson. Louise Woodward: all names that have cast a spotlight on the deficiencies of the American system of criminal justice. Yet, in the wake of each trial that exposes shocking behavior by trial participants or results in counterintuitive rulings—often with...
by Paul Mark Sandler
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Now, updated and revised, this time-tested resource is written for young trial lawyers eager to gain an appreciation of how to handle real problems encountered during jury trials. You'll gain insight into jury trials via two particular cases:
• A criminal case involving highly complex subjects and...
by Mark W. Falzini, James Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. and the subsequent arrest, trial, and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann have intrigued true crime buffs for decades. New Jersey�s Lindbergh Kidnapping and Trial tells the story of �the case that never dies� through vintage photographs. Rare...
Dallas and the Jack Ruby Trial
Memoir of Judge Joe B. Brown, Sr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2001
The question of why Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald was the central issue of his trial by Judge Joe B. Brown, Sr. With compelling immediacy and exhaustive detail, the judge's memoir is a vital contribution to the quintessential murder mystery of the 20th century. Here for the first time, we get...
by Fred Crouter
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
Each year juries decide thousands of cases. Although the majority of these cases are not settled by juries, predictions about juries frequently influence the decision whether or not to pursue a jury trial.As far in advance of the trial date as is practical the pre-trial investigation of prospective...
by W. Lance Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Coauthored by W. Lance Bennett and Martha S. Feldman, 'Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom' explains what makes stories believable and how ordinary people connect complex legal arguments and evidence presented in trials to assess guilt and innocence. The explanation takes the core elements of...
The Smoking Gun
Day by Day Through a Shocking Murder Trial with Gerry Spence
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2003
From America's foremost criminal defense lawyer and author of the bestselling How to Argue and Win Every Time comes this riveting, true account of a trial that adeptly exposes the unrelenting power of the state, which so often crushes those -- guilty or innocent -- who come before the bar of justice....